Chapter 428


    The official rescue team sent us a young instructor to teach us the dos and don’ts of the rescue


    mission, how to protect ourselves, and what to do during an emergency. Then, he distributed


    all of us some tools.


    “The front line is installing lights now. However, please be careful. Tell us right away should a problem


    arise. Don’t act alone. Your reckless decision mightplicate the whole operation. To avoid further


    complications, you must do your job well and proceed with caution.”


    As the mudslide took ce during the summer break, there weren’t a lot of people at school. There


    were only 11 students who were staying for a summer art camp, the principal, four teachers, Colin, and


    the woman who was leading the volunteer construction work. In total, they were 18.


    It wasn’t a huge number. But locating 18 individuals within a muddy mass spanning 500 square feet


    wide and four feet thick was a challenging task nevertheless.


    ck sand was everywhere.


    The mudslide took ce more than 48 hours ago. The water in the mud traveled downward, leaving


    the sand on the surface hard and tough. Digging through it was very difficult.


    There were no excavators. It’d take a very long while to dig out the sand by hand. I felt despair, and my


    heart ached.


    I cried as I cleared the sand with a spade.


    The professionals continued to excavate the disaster scene while we could only stay behind


    them to clear the sand. I was the only woman on the scene. The head of the rescue operation


    prohibited me from joining, but I stubbornly insisted. I believed that helping them would


    allow me to find Colin sooner.


    What was the purpose of traveling there if I was only allowed to sit on the sideline? I had to do


    something for Colin.


    I was given the task of bagging the sand dug out by the man before me. Then, I would carry the bags


    of sand on a wheelbarrow to discard them.


    Within half an hour, my arms were so sore that I could no longer feel them. I fell several times, injuring


    my face. Felix and Winston told me to rest somewhere and let them handle the hardbor.


    But I wouldn’t have any of that. Stubbornly, I continued to bag the sand with my shovel. When I could


    no longer lift the shovel, I bagged it with my bare hands.


    In my mind, I believed that if I continued digging, I would find Colin eventually. He was


    probably waiting for me in a safe corner inside the school. And I was going to save him.


    It had been two days, and I hadn’t been able to reach Colin. I didn’t know if he was dead or alive. He


    had no food and water. He was walled in by sand, feeling despair and fear. Any one of these things


    was enough to drive someone crazy.


    With how slow the operation was progressing, when would the victims be rescued?


    I prayed that Colin was safe. I prayed that everyone was safe.


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    Colin, wait for me. I’m here to save


    you!


    Noticing that we were still 60 feet from the ssroom, I wondered if we could change the rescue tactic.


    “Professor King, if we can estimate the position of the building entrance and all of us dig together to


    create a tunnel that leads to the ssroom, will that be more efficient than our current strategy?


    “When the mudslide took ce, the kids were having a ss. The teacher and the principal must be


    close to the ssroom.”


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